Land | 4:00 | 2007
FREYA BJORG OLAFSON
notes on Land: My ancestor’s settled on a homestead called Nes along
the Icelandic River in Manitoba. This land was an unmarked graveyard
for approximately 80 Icelander’s who died of smallpox within the first
years of settlement: 1875-76. Upon visiting this site for the first
time this summer 2006, I was surprised to have direct encounters with
unearthed graves and bones that were gradually being dragged to the
basin of the river. The imagery in Land is as a result of this
serendipitous connection with history resurfacing.
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